TripAdvisor Reviews Villa Ilios Fira

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... our faces with amazing Greek food for lunch. As we had a later lunch and most of the sites in Greece have switched to winter hours by the time we were finished there were no more sites to visit so we instead dealt with our washing and wandered about. The ticket for the acropolis that you purchase actually gives you access to about a half dozen ancient sites - and at €12 that's pretty good value, so we started our next day off with a visit to the ancient cemetery that ...

... sort of looking at me like "that girl is CLEARLY lost" .. they were sort of right. Anyways, I kept on trucking despite their looks. I got about an hour in before I started to feel light headed (I assume from being sick and not eating properly the last few days) and thought to myself "I could keep walking, but there's a really good chance I might not make it there .. let alone make it back!" So I cut my losses and came back into Fira just in time for ...

... at the bottom we boarded our wooden boat to go to the Volcano. Sunscreen on, water in hand and we were off. It was roughly 36-38 degrees today. The walk up the volcano was hardwork. Uneven ground pebbles, sun beating down, heat coming up through ground and lots of people. Not to mention not enough water in our bottle...once at the top we had some group pictures and caught our breathe. The volcano has two craters, one is active and one is inactive. The ...

... there is a beautiful view when you get there. There was a funny thing called Fish feet where people put their feet into a tank filled with 200 little fish who clean your feet. Yuck. Looked freaky! All the buildings were all random colours. It was a colourful, beautiful ...

... in the cable car but The Management was not that happy about it. The alternative was 589 steps down to the shore or a donkey ride down. The cable car won! Back to the ship to have a swim and lie around the pool having a few beers before it was time for Happy Hour again. After that, we went to a cocktail party for cruisers who were on the 24 day cruise and then dinner. Amazingly, we have not put on any weight and AJG has lost ...